The terribly tricky lockdown competition

Started by andyg, April 06, 2020, 10:24:29 PM

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andyg

The 1580's

A Maley Groschen from Bohemia, 1584.
always willing to trade modern UK coins for modern coins from elsewhere....

andyg

The 1570's

French again, but this time France proper.
A Teston from 1576
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Figleaf

Quote from: andyg on May 03, 2020, 11:06:44 AM
I imagine these 3 Kr were good across the empire?

Almost. The Southern Netherlands had their own system and coins.

Quote from: andyg on May 03, 2020, 11:06:44 AM
  ps.  Does anyone know of any good catalogues for this part if the world?

The current one is Austria Katalog, starting in 1745. Older ones are covered in an out-of print multi volume catalogue (sorry, forgot the title). Even a single volume is very expensive.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

Figleaf

I can't yet send the prize to SpaBreda, but at least here's a picture.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

SpaBreda

Thanx Peter ! Great looking coin !!

I think I will remember some of these coins for the rest of my life ...  ;D

Thanx again Andy for a great quiz !

And congratulations to all the other winners ... respect !

Paul.

mmiguel

Quote from: andyg on May 03, 2020, 10:56:08 AM
The 1650's

The most terribly tricky European coin I found,
a 3 pfennig from Saxe-Weimar 1652

It commemorates the rebuilding of the ducal palace, or perhaps they were sold to fund the rebuilding.

Why was this coin hard to find? I don' get it. Got to a point where I was pretty sure it had something to do with Saxony due to the coat of arms, but never found it...

I can't find it on Krause, how is it listed?

Btw, do we have stats about the most unguessed coins?

Regards

andyg

Quote from: mmiguel on May 03, 2020, 01:16:02 PM
Why was this coin hard to find? I don' get it. Got to a point where I was pretty sure it had something to do with Saxony due to the coat of arms, but never found it...

I can't find it on Krause, how is it listed?


Not sure why it was so tricky - but out of all the European coins I chose this took longest to find for everyone.
Below is the listing from Krause.  It can be found under Saxe-Weimar.
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mmiguel

So, it seems it's not in Numista neither in Krause World Coins...

andyg

Quote from: mmiguel on May 03, 2020, 02:14:02 PM
So, it seems it's not in Numista neither in Krause World Coins...

The scan is from page 859 of my 6th ed 1601-1700 Krause ???
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andyg

The 1560's

A 2 Dinar, 1569 from Lithuania
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andyg

The 1550's

This impressive dam is from the Mughal mint at Narnol, dated AH962
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andyg

The 1540's

A Prussian Groschen, 1544.
Mrbadexample complained that it could not be pinned down to a decade (I'd not realised that it ran concurently with the next coin),  however with a bit of creativity it could - the mintmasters symbol, a cloverleaf just after "PRVSS" was only used in the 1540's and 1550's - and we already have the coin from the 1550's :)
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andyg

The 1530's

A Denar from Hungary, 1533.  Kremnitz mint, Madonna and child. These are surprisingly common.
always willing to trade modern UK coins for modern coins from elsewhere....

andyg

The 1520's

A Mangir from Egypt, dated AH926.
always willing to trade modern UK coins for modern coins from elsewhere....

andyg

The 1510's

Sultans of Gujarat, 1½ Falus, AH918   (G170)
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